Recording and reproducing the shape of three-dimensional objects

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE SHAPE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF REGISTERING IMAGES OF THE OBJECT, PROJECTING THE IMAGES OF MULTIPLE LINES SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE OBJECT BY LIGHT RAYS WHOSE PLANES OF PASSAGE ARE AT A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE TO BOTH THE LINE JOINING OBJECT AND IMAGES AND TO THE PLANES TO WHICH THE LINES JOINING OBJECT AND IMAGES ARE PERPENDICULAR, SAID LINES BEING PROJECTED AS GROUPS ALONG PARALLEL RAYS, AND THUS FORM CONTOUR LINES SUPERIMPOSED ON THE IMAGES OF THE OBJECT; FOLLOWED BY THE STEPS OF GUIDING A TRACING DEVICE, SAID TRACING DEVICE BEING INSERTED IN A HOLDING DEVICE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS FREE TO MOVE ONLY IN A DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE HOLDING DEVICE THAT IS NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF THE IMAGE, AND SAID HOLDING DEVICE BEING CONNECTED TO A CUTTING TOOL MOVING IN A PLANE HAVING THE SAME ANGLE TO THE IMAGE AS THE PLANE OF PASSAGE TO THE LIGHT RAY WAS TO THE OBJECT AND IN SUCH A WAY THAT BOTH HOLDING DEVICE AND CUTTING TOOL SIMULTANEOUSLY SHARE THE SAME MOTIONS IN SAID PLANE OF PASSAGE OF THE LIGHT RAY AND ALSO IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE, WHILE A CONTOUR LINE IS BEING TRACED, AND THUS REPRODUCING AN OUTLINE, THEN MOVING THE CUTTING TOOL TO A PARALLEL PLANE AND THE TRACING DEVICE TO THE CORRESPONDING CONTOUR LINE; ADJUSTING THE FEED MECHANISM OF THE CUTTING TOOL TO FEED IN PLANES CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT ANGULAR PROJECTIONS OF LIGHT RAYS ON THE OBJECT, AND ROTATING THE MATERIAL BEING SHAPED TO CORRESPOND WITH IMAGES SHOWING DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE OBJECT SO THAT CORRESPONDING OUTLINES MAY BE FORMED, THE SUM OF THE OUTLINES PRODUCING THE REPRODUCTION OF THE SHAPE IN THREE DIMENSIONS.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE SHAPE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF REGISTERING IMAGES OF THE OBJECT, PROJECTING THE IMAGES OF MULTIPLE LINES SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE OBJECT BY LIGHT RAYS WHOSE PLANES OF PASSAGE ARE AT A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE TO BOTH THE LINE JOINING OBJECT AND IMAGES AND TO THE PLANES TO WHICH THE LINES JOINING OBJECT AND IMAGES ARE PERPENDICULAR, SAID LINES BEING PROJECTED AS GROUPS ALONG PARALLEL RAYS, AND THUS FORM CONTOUR LINES SUPERIMPOSED ON THE IMAGES OF THE OBJECT; FOLLOWED BY THE STEPS OF GUIDING A TRACING DEVICE, SAID TRACING DEVICE BEING INSERTED IN A HOLDING DEVICE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS FREE TO MOVE ONLY IN A DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE HOLDING DEVICE THAT IS NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF THE IMAGE, AND SAID HOLDING DEVICE BEING CONNECTED TO A CUTTING TOOL MOVING IN A PLANE HAVING THE SAME ANGLE TO THE IMAGE AS THE PLANE OF PASSAGE TO THE LIGHT RAY WAS TO THE OBJECT AND IN SUCH A WAY THAT BOTH HOLDING DEVICE AND CUTTING TOOL SIMULTANEOUSLY SHARE THE SAME MOTIONS IN SAID PLANE OF PASSAGE OF THE LIGHT RAY AND ALSO IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE, WHILE A CONTOUR LINE IS BEING TRACED, AND THUS REPRODUCING AN OUTLINE, THEN MOVING THE CUTTING TOOL TO A PARALLEL PLANE AND THE TRACING DEVICE TO THE CORRESPONDING CONTOUR LINE; ADJUSTING THE FEED MECHANISM OF THE CUTTING TOOL TO FEED IN PLANES CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT ANGULAR PROJECTIONS OF LIGHT RAYS ON THE OBJECT, AND ROTATING THE MATERIAL BEING SHAPED TO CORRESPOND WITH IMAGES SHOWING DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE OBJECT SO THAT CORRESPONDING OUTLINES MAY BE FORMED, THE SUM OF THE OUTLINES PRODUCING THE REPRODUCTION OF THE SHAPE IN THREE DIMENSIONS.